Þearl-mód
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - þearl-mód
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- þearl-mód
- adj. Of severe mind, (1) in a bad sense, stern, cruel :-- Hæfde his ende gebidenne unswǽslícne, swylcne hé ǽr æfter worhte, þearlmód þeóden gumena (Holofernes), Judth.Thw, 22, 18; Jud. 66. (2) in a good sense, severe in dealing with evil. the Deity), 22, 34; Jud. 99. þearl-mod